aetherius

Latin

Alternative forms

  • aethereus

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der.
Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō
Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō)
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Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios)
Ancient Greek αἰθέριος (aithérios)der.
Latin aetherius

    Derived from Ancient Greek αἰθέριος (aithérios).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    aetherius (feminine aetheria, neuter aetherium); first/second-declension adjective

    1. Of or pertaining to the sky, ether (aethēr was polysemic; see there for definitions)
      • 8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 1.682:
        Cum latet, aetheriā spargite sēmen aquā.
        When it lies hidden [in the ground], sprinkle the seed with ethereal water.
        (The imperative spargite here is invoking Terra and Ceres.)

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative aetherius aetheria aetherium aetheriī aetheriae aetheria
    genitive aetheriī aetheriae aetheriī aetheriōrum aetheriārum aetheriōrum
    dative aetheriō aetheriae aetheriō aetheriīs
    accusative aetherium aetheriam aetherium aetheriōs aetheriās aetheria
    ablative aetheriō aetheriā aetheriō aetheriīs
    vocative aetherie aetheria aetherium aetheriī aetheriae aetheria

    Descendants

    • → English: ethereal
    • French: éthéré
    • Italian: etereo
    • Portuguese: etéreo
    • Spanish: etéreo

    References

    • “aetherius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “aetherius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "aetherius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “aetherius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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